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Insurance agencies in Powhatan County, VA
How Powhatan County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 91 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #47 of 2,272 scored counties
#12 of 97 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $3,615 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,591
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Powhatan County has a Groundwork market score of 91 (very high): #47 of 2,272 scored counties and #12 of 97 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
At $3,615 per household (85% above the U.S. average), households in Powhatan County spend about $40.9M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $3.1M per agency, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Powhatan County has 13 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 23%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 11.5 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Powhatan County in 2023. That is one for every 1,618 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Powhatan County grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Powhatan County compares
The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Powhatan County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 12.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,618 | 1,234 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $3,615 | $2,545 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $110,537 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 91 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Powhatan County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Powhatan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,591+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,325
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 93%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 260 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 121
- Median household income
- $110,537+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,936
- Median home value
- $416,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,943
- Daytime population
- 24,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Louisa County, VA | 98 | 10 | 6.4 | $5M | +13.6% | #1 of 2,272 |
| 2Stafford County, VA | 97 | 26 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +8.3% | #3 of 2,272 |
| 3King William County, VA | 97 | 6 | 8.2 | $3.9M | +9.5% | #5 of 2,272 |
| 4King George County, VA | 96 | 9 | 8.9 | $3.4M | +10.5% | #10 of 2,272 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 95 | 16 | 4.9 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #13 of 2,272 |
| 6Frederick County, VA | 95 | 22 | 6.2 | $4.7M | +8.8% | #15 of 2,272 |
| 7Orange County, VA | 95 | 11 | 7.4 | $4M | +10.1% | #17 of 2,272 |
| 8Spotsylvania County, VA | 95 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.6M | +10.5% | #19 of 2,272 |
| 9Dinwiddie County, VA | 94 | 6 | 5.6 | $5.8M | +3.6% | #22 of 2,272 |
| 10Caroline County, VA | 94 | 7 | 5.8 | $5.3M | +11.3% | #23 of 2,272 |
| 12Powhatan County, VA | 91 | 13 | 11.5 | $3.1M | +7.0% | #47 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Powhatan County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 insurance agencies in Powhatan County. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Powhatan County, VA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $40.9M a year, or $3,615 per household. That is 85% above the U.S. average (an index of 185, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,325 households in Powhatan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Powhatan County, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Powhatan County has 11.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $3.1M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Powhatan County would have about 33, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,618 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Powhatan County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Powhatan County at 32,591 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,325 households. Median household income in Powhatan County is $110,537, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Powhatan County scores 91 for insurance agencies (very high), #47 of 2,272 scored counties.
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